Defensible space and fire mitigation in Round Hill Village, NV
Defensible space in Round Hill Village runs through the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, whose inspectors can issue the TRPA permit when a tree must come out for fire safety. About 49% of the community's 529 buildings are in the direct wildfire exposure zone. Call 775.232.8243 to confirm we can come.
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Half the buildings in Round Hill are in the direct zone and half in the indirect zone, so the work differs between lots.
At a glance
- About 49% of 529 buildings in the direct exposure zone
- Risk to homes higher than 97.9% of US communities
- Gondola Fire of 2002, center about 3 miles away
- Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District evaluates properties
What do the fire numbers say?
The USDA Forest Service record counts 529 buildings: about 49% direct, about 49% indirect, about 3% minimal. Risk to homes is higher than 97.9% of US communities and about 78% of Nevada communities.
Four perimeters of 300 acres or more since 1980 are mapped within about 10 miles: Gondola (2002, 643 acres, about 3 miles), Walley's (1984, 316 acres, about 6 miles), Autumn Hills (1996, 3,805 acres, about 6 miles) and Angora (2007, 3,070 acres, about 9 miles).
Who evaluates the property?
The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District. It says it offers defensible space inspections and that its inspectors are certified to issue TRPA tree removal permits when removal is necessary for fire safety. Terms change, so see its page and ask the district to confirm.
UNR Extension's Living With Fire zones are 0 to 5 feet, 5 to 30 feet and 30 to 100 feet.
What tree work fits?
- Remove dead trees and dead branches within the zones
- Limb up conifers so a ground fire cannot climb into them
- Thin crowded stems, within TRPA rules
- Clear branches over roofs and chimneys
Where a tree is live and over 14 inches, the district or TRPA permit comes before any cut.
Associations and second homes
About half of housing is not a detached house, so a complex's trees are usually the association's. With 802 housing units for 352 households, a manager may be the one to arrange the visit. Round Hill Village is not among the towns named on our site; call 775.232.8243 to confirm. It is about 44 minutes from the yard without traffic.
Sources
- USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities: Round Hill Village, NV (April 2026 data)
- National Interagency Fire Center, fire perimeter history and WFIGS perimeters (retrieved October 1, 2026)
- Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District: Defensible Space (read October 1, 2026)
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency: Trees and Defensible Space (read October 1, 2026)
- University of Nevada, Reno Extension: Living With Fire guide (SP-23-07) (read October 1, 2026)
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates, Round Hill Village CDP (retrieved October 17, 2026)
Rules here
This community is inside the Tahoe Basin, where the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency requires a permit to remove a live tree over 14 inches in diameter at breast height, measured 4.5 feet above the ground. On lakeshore lots the threshold is 6 inches for live trees between the house and the lake. A dead tree that could fall on a house does not need a TRPA permit.
TRPA also asks for a permit to remove branches from the upper two-thirds of a tree, with exceptions for limbs near structures, utility conflicts and dead wood. The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District evaluates defensible space and can issue the fire-safety tree permit. The agency decides.
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Tahoe tree permit check: measure your tree
In the Lake Tahoe Basin, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) requires a permit to remove a live tree over 14 inches in diameter at breast height (4.5 feet up the trunk). On lakeshore lots the limit is 6 inches for trees between the house and the lake. Wrap a tape around the trunk at 4.5 feet and enter the number.
Enter the measurement to see the diameter.
This is a measuring aid, not a ruling. TRPA and your fire protection district decide. A dead tree that could fall on a house does not need a TRPA permit. TRPA tree rules
Living With Fire zones
The three defensible space zones
- Zone 0: 0 to 5 feet. Ember-resistant zone. Nothing that burns against the house: clear dead leaves and needles, move firewood away, cut back branches that touch walls or hang over the roof.
- Zone 1: 5 to 30 feet. Lean, clean and green. Remove dead plants and ladder fuels, limb up trees, and break up continuous shrubs such as junipers.
- Zone 2: 30 to 100 feet. Reduced fuel. Thin crowded trees and brush so fire stays on the ground and slows down. This is where the brush mower and masticator work.
Zones from the University of Nevada, Reno Extension Living With Fire guide (2023). Your fire protection district may set its own rules.
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Straight answers
Defensible space and fire mitigation questions in Round Hill Village
Still have a question? Call 775.232.8243. Phones are answered seven days a week.
Do you do defensible space in Round Hill Village?
Round Hill Village is outside the towns named on our website. Call 775.232.8243 and we will confirm.
Does the fire district inspect for free?
The district says free inspections are available to current Tahoe Douglas property owners, with exceptions. Ask the district for current terms.
Can the district approve a tree removal?
Its inspectors are certified to issue TRPA tree removal permits when removal is necessary for fire safety, per the district's page.
How far is the yard?
About 28 miles, or about 44 minutes without traffic.
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